Taking a picture to help you remember something might end up having the opposite effect, according to research published in the US.
A study released last December showed that people who took photographs of items during a museum tour were less likely to remember details than those who merely looked at the objects.
That is a lesson for a world growing accustomed to instant photo-sharing on Facebook, Twitter and other social networks, said psychological scientist Linda Henkel of Fairfield University.
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“People so often whip out their cameras almost mindlessly to capture a moment, to the point that they are missing what is happening right in front of them,” said Henkel.
(Liberty Times)
拍照幫助你記住某件事情,最後可能適得其反,根據美國發表的研究。
去年十二月公布的研究顯示,在參觀博物館時拍下展覽品照片的人,相較於僅用雙眼觀察者,比較不會記得細節。
對於一個越來越習慣在臉書、推特和其他社群網站立即分享照片的世界而言, 這是一個值得注意的現象,美國費菲爾大學心理學家韓克說。
韓克說:「人們這麼常掏出相機,幾乎是想也不想地捕捉某個瞬間,反而錯過就在面前發生的事情。」
(自由時報/翻譯:自由時報國際新聞中心)
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